A knife in love

Chapter 1811

When Li Qiufeng said the words "Old Man Mountain", the faces of the killers behind Liu Shengzongyan changed drastically, and one of them even let out a "Hey" and took two steps back.Seeing this situation, Li Qiufeng's heart trembled, and he thought to himself that the killers of the Liusheng clan were all ruthless, and it could be said that they were all dead fighters who killed without blinking an eye.Why do you get so frightened when you hear the word Old Man Mountain?Didn't Liu Sheng Zongyan lie, he didn't know that there was a big tomb under the old man's mountain?

Qi Jiu stood beside Li Qiufeng, staring at Liu Sheng Zongyan all the time, for fear that he would take advantage of the opportunity to speak and kill someone suddenly.It's just that Li Qiufeng's voice fell, and by the light of the torch, Qi Jiu saw Liu Shengzongyan's complexion changed drastically, and his body trembled slightly, and his heart was terrified.I thought to myself that the old thief is very skilled in martial arts, he was surrounded by us on the big ship before, but he was not afraid at all.Why was he so terrified when he heard Brother Li speak?

After a while, Liu Sheng Zongyan said slowly: "Mr. Li is right. Since the old man wants to join forces with you, he should naturally abandon the previous suspicions and fight the enemy with all his strength. The old man has worked hard all these years, but he has achieved nothing. As a result, many clansmen lost their lives, and there were no bones left. Even the dearest daughter of the old man lost her sanity first, and finally died in the pass. Now that the old man has betrayed his relatives, it can be said that he is extremely depressed. If he can escape, beheaded After those traitors, the old man doesn't plan to stay in Daming any longer, and will set sail to return to Fusang soon."

When Liu Sheng Zongyan said this, he paused for a while, and then said: "The old man has made up his mind to go, and there is no need to hide some things from Mr. Li. Maybe after you say it, Mr. Li understands what the old man is thinking, and he will no longer doubt the old man. There are other pictures. To be honest, the old man is indeed from Fusang. The incident started more than 40 years ago. At that time, the old man lived in a village by the sea in Fusang country. There are more than 100 households in the village, with a population of 600, most of whom are civilians, and their lives are quite difficult.

"The weather was unfavorable that year. When winter and spring intersected, there was a strong wind on the sea, and ships of all sizes could not go to sea. The people in the village could only stand on the coast and stare blankly, but there was nothing they could do. It should be noted that the village faces the sea and leans against the crowd. There are very few flat lands in the mountains, and there is no way to grow food. They can only survive by fishing at sea and selling them in castle towns dozens of miles away, in exchange for some money to buy food. At that time, there was a big storm and they couldn’t go fishing at sea, and the people in the village couldn’t sell fish for money, so they couldn’t buy food, and they had to starve to death in the end.”

When Liu Shengzongyan said this, Wang Xiaoyu snorted, and said in his mouth: "Nonsense! Although there are natural disasters, the government will open warehouses to provide relief, so how can they let you starve to death? I don't know about other places. Although the officials in Liao County are despicable and shameless, when there is a catastrophe, they will build a porridge field to help the people. In addition, the gentry and wealthy households in and outside the city will also spend money to buy food and donate to the people. Hungry people. You are clearly lying on purpose, telling yourself that you are miserable, so that we will no longer suspect that you have other plans."

What Wang Xiaoyu said was very rude, Qi Jiusheng was afraid that Liu Sheng Zongyan would become angry and attack and kill Wang Xiaoyu, so he moved his body slightly to block Wang Xiaoyu behind him.But after Wang Xiaoyu finished speaking, Liu Sheng Zongyan didn't get angry.His expression was indifferent, and he said in his mouth: "Little girl, what you are talking about is the situation of Daming, but Fusang Kingdom is not like this. The old man has lived in the pass for a long time, and he knows a thing or two about the situation of Daming. Looking around the world, corrupt officials are more likely than others. It's all true. The gentry and landlords oppressed their neighbors, and the people suffered unspeakably. This is the truth. However, although the officials and gentry are utter assholes, they dare not do evil openly. Some superficial things are still to be done. The imperial court will definitely distribute the money for disaster relief, and also buy food and send it to the disaster-stricken areas to relieve the victims and people. Although most of the money and food for disaster relief have fallen into the pockets of corrupt officials and landlords, there are still some Money and food were used to rescue the victims and saved many lives. Therefore, the common people can scold corrupt officials and black-hearted gentry and landlords, but they should not have much doubt about the government's heart for relief.

"Compared to Ming Dynasty, Fusang Kingdom is completely different. For hundreds of years, the imperial court has been in constant struggle, and the government has been controlled by a few nobles. A penny for disaster relief, let alone raising food to help the victims. To be honest, once there is a famine, the imperial court will let the people fend for themselves, and will never do any relief.

"There are many gentry in Daming who are kind-hearted. Whenever there is a natural disaster, they will take out money to buy food and build porridge sheds for the victims to eat. The rich and landlords in Fusang are cruel-hearted. The more natural disasters and earth changes, The more greedy and cruel they become. They usually beat the people to their bones and squeeze them extremely cruelly, and once they encounter a catastrophe, they will search more viciously, and they must persecute the people until their families die."

When Liu Sheng Zongyan said this, he took a look at Li Qiufeng, and then continued: "The old man is also from Fusang, but he has never looked down upon Fusang people of the same blood. They are all greedy, bullying, and vicious. They are not comparable to the people of Ming Dynasty. Know the etiquette, righteousness and shame."

Li Qiufeng, Murong Danyan and others heard Liu Shengzongyan say this, and they all thought in their hearts, you old thief is despicable and shameless, with a vicious mind, and you are indeed an outstanding figure among Fusang people!

I only heard Liu Sheng Zongyan continue to say: "The old man's family is poor, and his parents died early, and he has no brothers and sisters to help him. He is alone and can only help others on the boat. That year, there were constant storms on the sea, and the boat couldn't get out of the sea. The livelihood was cut off. It was also the turn of winter and spring, and even the leaves had not grown. Within three days, there was not even a grain of rice in the dilapidated house where the old man lived.

"Most of the people in the village were in trouble just like the old man. Seven days later, some people died of freezing and starvation. When everyone was struggling, the Wutian family, the richest in the village, sent people to every household to press for debts. It should be noted that most of the families in the village are extremely poor, and the fishing boats are rented from the Wutian family, and the interest is calculated at [-]%. I also had to borrow money from the Wutian family. As a result, hundreds of families in the village actually became slaves of the Wutian family. They worked hard every day, and almost all the money they earned was taken away by the Wutian family. It is extremely rare to be able to drink a bowl of porridge that can be seen at a glance.

"Seeing that the heavy wind and rain on the sea showed no sign of stopping, the villagers were so anxious that they couldn't eat a meal for a few days. Seeing that people continued to freeze and starve to death, the Wutian family sent people to the door to demand debts. Most of the villagers did not even have a grain of rice. They don’t have any rice, they just eat some grass roots and bark to survive, so how can they have money to pay off their debts? The Wutian family doesn’t care about the villagers’ pleas at all. If they don’t have money to pay off their debts, they will snatch the young women from the villagers’ families as interest. The young woman, ranging from beating the whole family of the villagers to a severe blow, and setting fire to the house. In less than three days, they snatched [-] young women, killed and injured more than [-] people, and burned down the houses. More than ten rooms. Many villagers were terrified and fled the village with their families, trying to find a way out."

(End of this chapter)